Hello everyone.
I'll start off by saying I've used Proxmox over the years for a variety of projects, and am a HUGE fan of the platform.
I was recently put in charge of a production deployment that I'm having some trouble with. I need to deploy multiple, independent instances of a web application which consists of MySQL and Tomcat. This should be pretty straight forward. I asked for 3 physical servers so I could set everything up with a large degree of redundancy. I work for the MSP division of a large national Apple Computer Reseller, so a combination of budget, and my desire for 3 physical boxes got me Mac Mini's. They're Intel (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core i7 CPU based, and I'm putting Samsung 850 Pro SSD's in them, so I figured everything should actually work quite well.
My issue is, I can't seem to get the installer to even run. Booting was a challenge, but eventually by using The rEFIt Project ( http://refit.sourceforge.net ) I was able to successfully boot up to the Proxmox initial install menu (giving me the choice to install, install (debug mode), or Test RAM). However, no matter which option I choose, I get the first two messages (the 2nd being creating RAMdisk or something like that?) and then the screen goes black. After that... nothing. I've tried everything I can think of, and I'm stuck. I've heard that you can install Debian as the base OS, and then "install" Proxmox on top of that, but I've had AMAZING success with the Proxmox distribution the way it comes in the past, I'm a little hesitant to go another route.
Does anyone have any ideas at all?
Here is the detailed information about my Mac Mini hardware:
Apple, Mac Mini (Late 2012), A1347, EMC 2570, MD388LL/A, Macmini6,2
Intel 2.3GHz, Quad Core i7, 3615QM (Ivy Bridge), 64-bit Architecture
6MB on chip, shared L3 Cache
Intel Direct Media Interface (DMI) System Bus
16GB of RAM (8GB x 2), 204-pin PC3-12800 (1600 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM
Interleaving Support = Yes
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Up to 1GB of Shared Memory for the GPU
HDMI attached LCD monitor
10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ45)
4 x USB 3.0 (5 GHz, with 2.0 & 1.0 backwards compatibility)
1 Firewire 800 (IEEE 1394) (800Mbps) port
1 Thunderbolt Port (Light Peak / PCIe over a Mini Display Port)
1 SD Card Slot (SDXC)
SATA III (6 Gbps Serial ATA)
If you have questions I'm happy to provide more information, but I'm really hoping there's a workaround for this, because if this doesn't work I'm still going to have to use these 3 boxes, that's no longer my choice, and I know I can make it work with VMware, but I REALLY, REALLY would love to use Proxmox for this deployment.
Thanks in advance for the advice. --Peace
I'll start off by saying I've used Proxmox over the years for a variety of projects, and am a HUGE fan of the platform.
I was recently put in charge of a production deployment that I'm having some trouble with. I need to deploy multiple, independent instances of a web application which consists of MySQL and Tomcat. This should be pretty straight forward. I asked for 3 physical servers so I could set everything up with a large degree of redundancy. I work for the MSP division of a large national Apple Computer Reseller, so a combination of budget, and my desire for 3 physical boxes got me Mac Mini's. They're Intel (Ivy Bridge) Quad Core i7 CPU based, and I'm putting Samsung 850 Pro SSD's in them, so I figured everything should actually work quite well.
My issue is, I can't seem to get the installer to even run. Booting was a challenge, but eventually by using The rEFIt Project ( http://refit.sourceforge.net ) I was able to successfully boot up to the Proxmox initial install menu (giving me the choice to install, install (debug mode), or Test RAM). However, no matter which option I choose, I get the first two messages (the 2nd being creating RAMdisk or something like that?) and then the screen goes black. After that... nothing. I've tried everything I can think of, and I'm stuck. I've heard that you can install Debian as the base OS, and then "install" Proxmox on top of that, but I've had AMAZING success with the Proxmox distribution the way it comes in the past, I'm a little hesitant to go another route.
Does anyone have any ideas at all?
Here is the detailed information about my Mac Mini hardware:
Apple, Mac Mini (Late 2012), A1347, EMC 2570, MD388LL/A, Macmini6,2
Intel 2.3GHz, Quad Core i7, 3615QM (Ivy Bridge), 64-bit Architecture
6MB on chip, shared L3 Cache
Intel Direct Media Interface (DMI) System Bus
16GB of RAM (8GB x 2), 204-pin PC3-12800 (1600 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM
Interleaving Support = Yes
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Up to 1GB of Shared Memory for the GPU
HDMI attached LCD monitor
10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ45)
4 x USB 3.0 (5 GHz, with 2.0 & 1.0 backwards compatibility)
1 Firewire 800 (IEEE 1394) (800Mbps) port
1 Thunderbolt Port (Light Peak / PCIe over a Mini Display Port)
1 SD Card Slot (SDXC)
SATA III (6 Gbps Serial ATA)
If you have questions I'm happy to provide more information, but I'm really hoping there's a workaround for this, because if this doesn't work I'm still going to have to use these 3 boxes, that's no longer my choice, and I know I can make it work with VMware, but I REALLY, REALLY would love to use Proxmox for this deployment.
Thanks in advance for the advice. --Peace
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